Getting to know you

Thank you to everyone who came along to last week’s blog party and mingled with their fellow bloggers to make it such a success! By the end of the event, 27 amazing articles had been shared, over 260 comments had been left and new connections were formed. We may even see a virtual panel for GameBlast19 next year, some new short fiction and a possible My First Time Being a Mage collaboration as a result.

I’d like to think we’re friends after partying away the day together and pogoing on the dancefloor, and that we’re ready to get serious: let’s take our relationship to the next level and get to know each other a little better. The lovely Zerathulu from The Zerathulu View has given us the perfect opportunity to do just that after their very kind Versatile Blogger Award last month and this here post is dedicated to them!

As part of the nomination, bloggers are usually required to share seven things about themselves and then nominate 15 other writers to do the same. But instead of doing that I’d like to invite everyone reading this to leave their answers to the following questions in the comments below. Hopefully this will act as a channel for us to find out more about one another and see the person behind the blog:

Where you are in the world

What you’re currently playing

Your guilty pleasure game

Most annoying character

Best game soundtrack

Video game location you’d most like to visit

Preferred ice-cream flavour

It wouldn’t be fair of me to ask you guys questions I wouldn’t feel comfortable with answering myself (which explains why none of them are that embarrassing). It’s therefore only right I share my answers too so I’ll pop up in the comments at some point later today to reveal all.

A huge thank you again to Zerathulu for the nomination, and to all of you awesome people for your support. I’m looking forward to checking out your answers!

Where you are in the world = London, UK
What you’re currently playing = Final Fantasy XIV, Destiny 2, Pokemon Go.
Your guilty pleasure game = Destiny 2
Most annoying character = Rico from Killzone 2
Best game soundtrack = Final Fantasy XIV
Video game location you’d most like to visit = Kugane from Final Fantasy XIV
Preferred ice-cream flavour = Vanilla

Ah, I’m surprised at that – most of my gaming friends have got nothing but glowing things about FF. I’m really going to have to try again one day because I think I’d love seeing the storylines play out.

Where you are in the world = London
What you’re currently playing = Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
Your guilty pleasure game = Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Most annoying character = Amy Rose
Best game soundtrack = Kingdom Hearts 2
Video game location you’d most like to visit = Destiny Islands from Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Preferred ice-cream flavour = Cookie Dough

Where are you in the world: United States of America
What you’re currently playing: Persona 3 and Persona 4 Golden
Guilty pleasure game: Blue Reflection
Most annoying character: Yosuke from Persona 4 Golden
Best game soundtrack: Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts 1.5 and 2.5
Video game location you’d most like to visit: Tamriel from The Elder Scrolls
Preferred ice cream flavor: Cooke Dough

I missed that blog party so thanks for giving me another chance, Kim! Here we go with the answers.
Where are you in the world: Kraków, Poland
Currently playing: Assassin’s Creed 3 Black Flag
Guilty pleasure game: GTA V
Most annoying character: Henry from Firewatch
Best game soundtrack: Battlefield Vietnam and/or the first Vietcong game
My dream trip to a video game location: Planet Hillys, Beyond Good&Evil
Preferred ice cream flavour: vanilla (if you like terrible puns: “because there are no game mods for ice cream”)

For me, he’s just too much a classical anti-hero and everyman. I wish there were plot and dialogue options to make him look less whiny and show more resolve and boldness, maybe even a hidden ending where he finds and confronts Delilah.

Ok, I can see where you’re coming from. The thing that annoyed me most was the fact that he was running away from his problems, sticking his head in the sand and hoping they would all go away. There were certain points where I wished he’d take more control of his situation and Julia’s.

Hellooooooo! It’s always nice getting to know a bit more about folks, this should be fun! Here’s my answers:

Where you are in the world: Glasgow, UK
What you’re currently playing: Rayman Legends & Luigi’s Mansion 2
Your guilty pleasure game: I don’t think I have one, maybe Fire Emblem Heroes?
Most annoying character: Tora from Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Oh my god.
Best game soundtrack: This is really difficult to answer but I’m going to have to say Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
Video game location you’d most like to visit: Mira from Xenoblade Chronicles X
Preferred ice-cream flavour: Pistachio!!!!!

Hey Pix, nice running into you in these parts. Mira is a beautiful place, especially if you’re into getting killed by literally everything. Still, I can’t deny the sense of frontiersmanship is soooo strong in that game. Great choice!

Ok, I think I’m going to have to track some of this down. Pistachios are good so surely having them in ice-cream form can’t be bad!

I love that feeling when you find a new gaming obsession. The running home from work so you can get back to the controller, staying up way too late to fit in some extra play time, annoying your family because you don’t talk about anything else… 😉

Where you are in the world – Nova Scotia, Canada… eh!
What you’re currently playing – Mass Effect Andromeda
Your guilty pleasure game – The Grand Theft Auto Series. Can’t wait for VI details, haha.
Most annoying character – Hey! Listen! It’s Navi.
Best game soundtrack – Tough! Anything with David Wise music 😀
Video game location you’d most like to visit – Sunleth Waterscape in Final Fantasy XIII
Preferred ice-cream flavour – Moon Mist (it’s a local to here flavour)

Ethan keeps saying he wants to go to Comic Con as Link one year. I told him we could do a double-cosplay with me as Navi (just so I could run around all day telling people to listen to me and annoying them).

What you’re currently playing
-Destiny 2, Mario Kart (with the Kids), and soon Unravel 2

Your guilty pleasure game
-I’m a sucker for those time-gated, pay to play games like the new mobile Jurassic World game. I never buy anything, but they’re a fun time (and battery) waster.

Most annoying character
-Don’t hate, but that one male companion in the first Mass Effect. Kaiden maybe? I don’t even want to look it up he annoyed me that much. Dude, just leave me alone and stop whining about the state of the universe. I’ll save it.

Best game soundtrack
-Halo. No question.

Video game location you’d most like to visit
-Considering most of the games I play are post-apocalyptic something or other, maybe none! But, Destiny would be cool, because, space-magic!

We’re living in this amazingly weird reality where all of the U.S. Later Levels fans, myself included, are subconsciously changing the word “flavour” to “flavor” in their answers. You, H.F.G.G., just happened to bring it to the conscious level. 😀

Where you are in the world – Bristol, UK
What you’re currently playing – Jurassic Park – for review, Realm Royale (super fun BTW’s!), Destiny 2 for fun!
Your guilty pleasure game – Hmmm, tough one. I like playing random stupid multiplayer games with my friends, but don’t have a specific one I don’t think.
Most annoying character – Asher from Destiny 2 really pisses me off. But you don’t see him too much.
Best game soundtrack – Another tough one. But having recently finished Far: Lone Sails – that soundtrack is amazing!
Video game location you’d most like to visit – Blizzard World!
Preferred ice-cream flavour – Chocolate of some form.

– Where you are in the world: Essex, UK
– What you’re currently playing: Guns of Icarus Alliance and Silence
– Your guilty pleasure game: The Typing of the Dead: Overkill
– Most annoying character: George and Nico from Broken Sword
– Best game soundtrack: My new favourite is Top Secret from Maize
– Video game location you’d most like to visit: The Witness island
– Preferred ice-cream flavour: Mint choc-chip